It remains to be seen whether the signature scam will bring about the digitalisation of direct democracy in Switzerland. An ...

Like other right-wing populists, including those in Austria, the AfD has long called for more direct democracy – and it specifically wants to do it using Switzerland as a model. This content was ...

Influential newspapers in Switzerland on Wednesday criticised a climate change ruling against the Swiss government by Europe’s top human rights court, saying it risked undermining democracy and ...

A new study from Marc Jacob, assistant professor of democracy and global affairs at the Keough School of Global Affairs at ...

Studer: Modern feminism began with the French Revolution and Olympe de Gouges, who, in 1791, introduced a plan for a democracy that included women. In Switzerland the following century ...

Americans in Switzerland to protest at Tesla dealerships, Geneva to boost aid to international organisations and more news in ...

Why do people living in democratic countries vote for political candidates who openly violate democratic standards? A new study by a University of ...